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SCANDENTIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)

Synonyms:

order Scandentia; Scandentia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Scandentia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Scandentia"):

family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)

Holonyms ("Scandentia" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)

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